Chapter 14 The Road Ahead is Blocked
Qi An watched as the two laser beams, each emitting three beams, swirled in the air, cutting through the Black Sun clone like a silver triangle slicing fruit.
"Is that the latest model of the 'Vega' combat drone?" she couldn't help but ask.
Yes, the latest full-set 'Weaver' includes four drone types.
Codenamed 'Honeycomb Eye', this is an extremely miniature reconnaissance drone scattered across the battlefield to observe enemy positions, collect enemy combat data, transmit it to a large-scale model at the rear, and then predict enemy attacks.
Codenamed 'Fire Meteor', it is the large drone that could be paired up in the old version to unleash lasers. In the new version, its mobility and laser power have been enhanced.
Codenamed 'The Cage', it adds another layer of advanced technology to the 'Weaver Girl's' technology, and may be the key to our victory.
The code name 'saw blade' is the triangle you see.
Thanks to breakthroughs in micro-battery technology, it can maintain three laser beams for an extended period and move and rotate at high speed in the air, making it the most powerful of all models!
Tan Fu quickly explained and asked again:
What exactly are these black spheres?
Qi An paused for half a second before saying, "It is... something that Xu Zhuoxing transformed into."
Tan Fu froze, then murmured after a moment: "So the Ash Priest can undergo a second mutation...?"
What happened to him? How could he have become like this?
"I don't know." Qi An bit his lip, his voice sounding like it was being ground out from between his teeth.
"I think the so-called 'conquering pollution' is a trap! There are unknown areas behind pollution, and great dangers are lurking there!"
Tan Fu paused for a moment, then asked, "If 'conquering pollution' is a trap, what will your mother do?"
Didn't you say that the fight against pollution is a zero-sum game, where you either advance or retreat?
If the road ahead is blocked, won't she be forced into a complete rout?
What do you do? Can't you raise your 'pollution level' any higher?
If you mention 100%, will you end up like Xu Zhuoxing?
Tan Fu's question was too crucial, and Qi An fell silent for a moment, unsure how to respond.
"Fight first." That was all she could say, and she reminded Tan Fu:
"Stop that clone flying towards the mainland! Don't let it appear at the base!"
[I know. Southeast Base No. 1 has deployed three 'Weaver' systems; two have been activated, and the other swarm has successfully intercepted the tenth clone.]
In recent years, North 1 has really made efforts to break free from its dependence on Tan Fu.
Weaver Girl 2 only requires Tan Fu to be slightly distracted when operating it; most combat decisions are made through programming.
The "Weaver Girl" bee swarm has numbers, and Tan Fu, like Qi An, also numbered all of the Black Sun clones.
When Qi An heard the number "10", he couldn't help but look up.
Sure enough, the No. 1 clone, which she crushed into minced meat, and the No. 2 "dumpling skin," which was cut into pieces by the laser, reassembled themselves into a smaller clone.
The three clones surrounding her mother then split apart, from three to seven!
After the great battle, the total number of these "black suns" not only didn't decrease, but actually increased by one!
Qi An's breathing became heavy and irritable, and a sense of restlessness and anxiety surged up his head!
A heavy, gloomy sense of despair crept into her heart.
The road ahead is already shrouded in gloom, and the enemy before us is so disgusting and troublesome!
Tan Fu's cold AI voice rang in Qi An's ears, contrasting with the girl's clear and crisp voice:
【The No. 3 'Weaver Girl' is on standby and ready to be activated at any time. The bombers and fighters deployed at Southeast Base No. 1 are also on the runway and ready to take off at any time.
Southeast Base No. 3 was once the headquarters of the Eastern Theater Command and still retains land-based air defense missiles.
The medium-range defense missiles manufactured at the North 1 Base and the West 1 Base in the past three years have also entered the launch process.
Half of the ground forces at the Southeast One base have been vaccinated with a second-stage enhancement drug.
They have all been mobilized, and all nearby bases have entered a state of war!
An'an, don't be afraid, there are many of us here.
The girl said to her.
Another voice broke in, somewhat hoarse; it was Mao Anlin:
"Please...protect the continent, protect humanity."
Mao Anlin's voice was not low, but his expression was downcast.
The "Vega" drone has probably captured a very clear image of the "Black Sun," and the battle just now may have also been captured by satellite.
Mao Anlin's tone carried a hint of dependence, somewhat like the prayers that Qi An's believers offered her.
Qi An let out a deep breath.
She doesn't fight for his prayers; she fights for her love and for her choices.
The pollution level in Qi'an rose to 99%.
Beneath her two large wings, another pair of bone spurs pierced her back!
With its six wings, Qi An soared into the sky like a cannonball that was both light and powerful, directly smashing the small clone No. 9, which was also flying towards the mainland and was formed by the recombination of clones No. 1 and No. 2, into two halves!
The shattered black, wriggling flesh covered Qi An's entire body, some of which were still alive, like worms, and were about to burrow into her body!
But beneath Qi An's tattered clothes, her body was covered with a layer of fine, hard scales, like dragon scales.
Under the occasional flashes of laser light, the scales shimmered and sparkled!
Tan Fu screamed amidst the flames of war: "[An'an, you now look like a dragon maiden and an angel... no, you're already a goddess incarnate!]"
She looks just like a goddess. Everyone at the North 1st Command who saw the live feed couldn't help but look up at her!
After exclaiming in a cloyingly sweet tone about "Blue Stars," Tan Fuyong seemed to switch back to his original self:
[An'an, the way you and Aunt Ye act gives me the illusion that pollution isn't so scary.]
Qi An flapped his wing to send clone number 6 flying, pulled out her mother, and then tightly bound clone number 7, squeezing it until it burst!
“The appearance can change. If I want, I can change back from 3 pairs of wings to 1 pair at any time.”
However, the number of wings is considered a religious symbol among lower-level fallen insects.
Furthermore, in its six-winged form, each wing performs its specific function and works in close coordination, maximizing both mobility and attack power.
Thanks to the superior sound pickup of the specially designed high-tech earphones in Qi An's ears, his words, spoken during high-speed movement and intense combat, were not blurred into the sound of the wind.
Tan Fu heard him clearly, and after a long pause, he said: "So you look like this now simply because you wanted to look like this?"
"It is now, but it wasn't possible before."
The higher the level, the greater the autonomy to determine the body's shape and to change it at will.
Maybe I can also turn myself into a black ball of flesh.
Seeing the "saw blade" slice No. 7 into charred pieces of meat, Qi An rushed towards No. 5 again, thinking to himself, "The black meatball is too disgusting. I won't change it even if I can."
Each higher-level fallen insect's form conforms to its own aesthetic standards.
However, that's not the point. After killing Number 5, Qi An said to Tan Fu:
“Xiao Fu, I’ve confirmed that ‘pollution’ is nothing more than a force that uses consciousness to modify the biological structure of reality.”
It is merely a force, a means, and is neither inherently terrifying nor not terrifying.
The important one should be the person with the power to 'think,' no, that being... or that god!
The important question is how that God wants to change the creatures in reality.
Should we give them power? Should we turn them into selfless slaves who serve only Him?
Qi An closed his eyes, the pollution level reached 99%, then he opened his eyes again and took action. In Tan Fu's most precise time measurement, this process should have taken less than a second.
But in Qi An's perception, it felt extremely long.
She opened her eyes again in that dark void.
This time, her sense of presence there was much stronger; she saw that nightmarish behemoth with absolute certainty.
It was a floating object in the void, its shape hazy and indistinct, yet vaguely visible, much like a sun.
The black mass of flesh that was fighting Qi An looked somewhat like that being.
But Qi An was certain that they were merely clumsy physical projections of that sun in the present world.
That being in the void, how high it hangs in the sky, how cold it is, how unseen, unfathomable, and inviolable!
Did Xu Zhuoxing, her Uncle Xu, also go to that void like her?
Was he swallowed up by that real "sun"?
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